adj
Meaning 1
Running in an opposite direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
countercurrent
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noun
Meaning 2
A current that flows against the prevailing one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
actions counter to the main group activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crosscurrent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strife
noun
Meaning 4
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turbulence, turbulency
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currere Old French corre Old French curantbor. Middle English curraunt English current English countercurrent From counter- + current.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: contracorrent — current that flows against the prevailing one
- French: contre-courant — current that flows against the prevailing one
- Italian: corrente contraria — current that flows against the prevailing one
- Italian: controcorrente — current that flows against the prevailing one
- Polish: przeciwprąd — current that flows against the prevailing one
- Portuguese: contracorrente — current that flows against the prevailing one
- Romanian: contracurent — current that flows against the prevailing one
- Spanish: contracorriente — current that flows against the prevailing one